Talking Heads' last proper studio album before their protracted breakup finds them returning to the dynamic that produced their best work, with inspired results. As swan songs go, Naked proves to be a pretty good one: Alternately serious and playful, it once again allows frontman David Byrne to worry about the government, the environment, and the plight of the working man as it frees up the rest of the band to trade instruments and work with guest musicians. It's closest in spirit to Remain in Light -- arguably too close: The first side is a collection of funky, syncopated, almost danceable tunes; the second, a murky, darkly philosophical rumination on identity and human nature. The major difference is a Latin influence replacing Light's African rhythm experimentation, most evident on the album openers "Blind" and "Mr. Jones," as well as in drummer Chris Frantz's decision to use brushes and softer percussion instruments (as opposed the big beat sound he offered up on Little Creatures and True Stories). With the venerable Steve Lillywhite behind the boards and such luminaries as Johnny Marr, Kirsty MacColl, and Yves N'Djock punctuating the credits, the album sounds technically perfect, but there's little of the loose, live feel the band achieved with former mentor Brian Eno. It's quite a feat to pull of a late-career album as ambitious as Naked, and the Heads do so with style and vitality. But no matter how much the liner notes may boast of free-form invention and boundless creativity, the album's elegiac, airtight tone betrays the sound of four musicians growing tired of the limits they've imposed on one another.
Hey kiddies ... how's it shakin', you got any fries to go wit dat shake ???I wanted to get a link up herrre in the MOGosphere ... I pulled it from the Observer Guardian Co UK.25 summer acts you **MUST** see. Looks like all us "staters" will be swimming the big pond this summer - **JOX**, you think you could hook us up with somewhere to lay our heads at night ??? ;)Numero uno is Prince - hells ...
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HELP!I need some help with a mixtape. I'm looking for songs about nature or the environment. Lovesongs to Mother Earth, rants about its destruction, sarcastic asides that are still catchy lil ditties. Anything the MOG-verse can come up with, I'd like to hear them.Thanks in advance good citizens of MOG-itopia. P.S. - The only ones I can think of so far are Tegan & Sara's "Our Trees" and The Talk...
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http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/09/07/david-byrne-weighs-in-on-spiralfrog/"if you're not an artist with one of these majors then you might have trouble getting your track available on these sites in the first place, and even then, if your stuff isn't hot, the advertiser who is paying you will eventually balk at funding fringe stuff that doesn't draw (the right) consumers to their produc...
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"Found out this morningThere's a circus coming to townThey drive in cadillacsUsing walkie-talkies, and the secret serviceTheir big topImitation of lifeAnd all the flags and microphonesWe have to cover our eyesWe play the sideshowsAnd we like the tunnel of loveAnd when we ride the ferris wheelWe're little children againAnd when they're asking for volunteersWe'll be the first ones aboardAnd when ...
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| 1 Blind |
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| 2 Mr. Jones |
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| 3 Totally Nude |
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| 4 Ruby Dear |
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| 5 (Nothing But) Flowers |
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| 6 The Democratic Circus |
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| 7 The Facts of Life |
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| 8 Mommy Daddy You and I |
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| 9 Big Daddy |
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| 10 Bill |
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| 11 Cool Water |
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